Announcing the Olympiad of Misguided Geeks at The Daily WTF - Part 2

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We know what you're thinking - summer is approaching making it the perfect time of year for a programming contest!

It's been a long time since we last did this, but we at The Daily WTF are excited to announce the Olympiad of Misguided Geeks at The Daily WTF Part 2 (or OMGWTF2 for short).

The OMGWTF2 is a programming contest not like what you're used to - we don't want your best solution. Oh no. We want you to code up a terrible solution to our simple request - create an “enterprise” level decision making engine. It needs to tell us, randomly, “yes” or “no”. Sounds easy right? Well we want you to build the most WTF solution for this simple problem.

Sponsor Shout-Out

You might recall hearing about New Relic as they were the sponsors of past promotions such as Free WTF Mug Day and Free TDWTF T-shirt Day. Now, the cool guys from New Relic are back to help make this contest a reality.

How to Enter

First, take a minute to check out the official contest web site - http://omg2.thedailywtf.com and read through the official rules and misc. errata that's applicable to this sort of thing. When you're ready to send in an entry, click on Submit Your Project and away you go! Submit as often as you like, but keep in mind, whatever is out there at 12:00AM June 28th is what we're going to judge.

Also, your entry only counts if you install and deploy New Relic's performance monitoring software. It's free and only takes a few minutes to do, and you'll even be able to score one of their Nerd Life T-shirts in the process

Well...What's in it for me?

Fame, glory, bragging rights, and ...prizes!

The Grand Prize

The winner will receive a special Asus Transformer Prime tablet engraved with The Daily WTF logo and your choice of message, a keyboard dock, and a TDWTF mug.

Casino Royale, With Cheese(best randomness): $100 Amazon Gift Card, Box of Random Swag, and an inflatable twenty-sided die. We will not ship you cheese, but please, use your gift card to purchase some.

Featured Comments

"Also, your entry only counts if you install and deploy New Relic's performance monitoring software."

... so the contest is only open to people who have enough authority at thier workplace to change the company development process and list of approved applications? Good luck getting anyone with current experience at writing enterprisy code in on this contest.

Good question --- "deploying" is installing it into an application, and then connecting it to their service. It's one step further than signing up for a free trial.